TANZANIA TANZANIA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE APRIL 26 1964 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION APRIL 25 1977 POPULATION 31270820 1999 EST AREA 364017 SQ MI CAPITAL DAR ES SALAAM BEING MOVED TO DODOMA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING MINING TEXTILES LIGHT MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE SISAL COTTON COFFEE TEA TOBACCO CORN SPICES NATURAL RESOURCES HYDROELECTRIC POTENTIAL TIN COAL IRON GEMSTONE GOLD NATURAL GAS NICKEL DIAMONDS PHOSPHATES CURRENCY SHILLING GDP 22.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 730 1998 EST LANGUAGES SWAHILI ENGLISH BOTH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITYS ISLAMS INDIGENOUS BELIEFS LITERACY RATE 68 LIFE EXPECTANCY 44 YEARS MALE 49 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 40 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 17 DEATH PER 1000 POPULATION
